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Health Tip: Who Gets Pneumonia?
By LadyLively on December 3, 2015
Anyone can get pneumonia, but your age and general health are risk factors for the dangerous infection.
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute says other risk factors include:
- Being a child under age 2. The immune systems of young children are still developing.
- Being an adult over age 65.
- Having asthma, bronchitis or COPD.
- Having cystic fibrosis.
- Having a weakened immune system.
- Having sickle cell anemia, diabetes or heart failure.
- Having trouble coughing, following a stroke.
- Being in a hospital’s intensive care unit, especially if on a ventilator.
- Having had the flu recently.
- Smoking or alcohol abuse.
Source: HealthDay
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